Chapter 1053

The soldiers' uniforms were still stained with fresh blood, and many of them still had bandages wrapped around their bodies, but at this moment, they all dropped to their knees in unison, pleading for their captain.

Even Karma, who was used to grand scenes, was momentarily stunned by this sight, unsure why such a thing was happening.

Karma looked back at Enel, thinking this was some clever little trick of his.

Inciting soldiers within the military was a serious crime; if Enel had truly committed such a grave mistake, today's matter would be a big deal, not something that could be resolved with a simple punishment.

Enel also didn't know what was going on; after a brief moment of bewilderment, tears welled up in his eyes.

"I'm sorry to all of you, for not making the right judgment at the first moment. I am an unqualified captain." Enel wept uncontrollably, kneeling on the deck on both knees, apologizing to these soldiers.

As the only person standing on the Brave, Karma saw Enel's reaction and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing things hadn't reached the worst possible step.

"What exactly happened? Your fleet's logbook wasn't reported either." Karma asked.

The logbook was originally supposed to be submitted together with the casualty notification, serving as proof of this voyage, used to assess the captain's conduct.

But Lin Cheng's fleet always had a problem—its administrative staff relied too heavily on Karma. When the fleet hadn't been split up, the logbook was always recorded by Karma.

This first split resulted in a major incident, and at this moment there wasn't even a decent record; they could only verbally ask what had happened.

"When we were about to reach our destination, we were attacked by the Big Mom Pirates." the leading soldier said: "The one leading them was Xia Luote Cracker of the Sweet Three Generals. If Captain Enel hadn't held off Cracker and their officers, our casualties would have been far more than this number."

"Captain Enel was also seriously injured, taking a full two hours to recover."

If those last two hours were excluded, Karma would still think this was a bloody battle—Enel seriously injured, the fighting extremely intense.

But adding those two hours made it seem rather trivial.

Of course, Karma was well aware that an injury requiring two hours to recover, given Enel's Mythical Zoan recovery ability, was indeed extremely severe.

"Why wasn't a report written for this? Engaging a crew under one of the Four Emperors can be treated as a special case." Karma said to Enel.

"I didn't know about these things; I thought it was just an ordinary battle." Enel believed that as long as the opponent's strength hadn't reached the level of an Admiral or Emperor, there was no need to report it.

Although Cracker was very strong, Enel was in no way inferior in a one-on-one fight; it was just that the engagement wasn't as simple as imagined.

When Enel was locked in fierce combat with Cracker, the soldiers on both sides also began to exchange fire; the soldiers Enel brought were nearly half fewer than the opponent's.